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George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan
George Charles Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan (born 1967), British hereditary peer, only son of the 7th Earl who vanished in 1974 after the Sandra Rivett murder; assumed the title after a 2016 presumption-of-death certificate and entered the hereditary peers register as Baron Bingham.
George Bischof
George Bischof is a venture capitalist and General Partner at Meritech Capital Partners since 2008, known for late-stage investments in enterprise software companies including Box and Barracuda Networks.
George Blagden
George Blagden, also known by his roles as Athelstan in Vikings and Louis XIV in Versailles, is a British actor (born 1989, London) and Guildhall graduate who debuted as Grantaire in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables and later starred in the West End.
George Blake
George Blake, born George Behar, was a Dutch-born British MI6 officer who secretly worked for the KGB, betraying Western agents, including the Berlin Tunnel operation, during the Cold War.
George Blanda
George Blanda (1927-2010), American NFL/AFL quarterback and placekicker; 26 seasons with Bears, Colts, Oilers, Raiders; 2,002 points, 943 extra points; Hall of Fame 1981; oldest player at 48.
George Bogle
George Bogle (1746–1781) was a Scottish diplomat in the East India Company's service who led the first British mission to Tibet in 1774 and befriended the Panchen Lama at Shigatse.
George Boldt
George Boldt (Georg Carl Boldt, 1851–1916) was a German-born American hotelier who managed the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, owned the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia, and built Boldt Castle, left unfinished after his wife's 1904 death.
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504–1536), English courtier, diplomat, poet and brother of Anne Boleyn; held Privy Chamber and Cinque Ports offices, translated Les Epistres et Evangiles, executed 17 May 1536 for alleged incest and treason.
George Bonhag
George Valentine Bonhag (1882-1960), American distance runner of the Irish-American AC, first Olympic walking champion via the 1906 1,500 m walk gold, plus 1908 team silver and 1912 3,000 m team gold.
George Boole
George Boole (1815–1864) was an English mathematician who reduced logic to an algebra; his Boolean logic, applied to circuits by Claude Shannon, underlies modern digital computing.
George Borjas
George Borjas, also known as George J. Borjas, is a Cuban-born American labor economist at the Harvard Kennedy School whose work on immigrant self-selection and wages founded modern immigration economics.
George Borrello
George Borrello is an American politician and Republican member of the New York State Senate representing the 57th district, known for opposing the Medical Aid in Dying Act and pushing utility cost transparency.
George Borrow
George Borrow (1803–1881) was an English writer, traveler, and linguist from Norfolk whose best seller The Bible in Spain and books on Gypsies and Wales made him a distinctive Victorian figure.
George Bovell
George Bovell (George Richard Lycott Bovell), Trinidad and Tobago swimmer born 1983, first T&T Olympic medalist: 2004 Athens 200m IM bronze, 2004 short-course 200m medley world record, five Olympics, 44 World Aquatics medals.
George Bowering
George Bowering is a Canadian poet, novelist, and critic from Penticton, British Columbia, who became Canada's first Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2002 and won Governor General's Awards for poetry and fiction.
George Breen
George Breen (1935-2019), American distance freestyle swimmer; four Olympic medals (silver 4x200 relay, three bronze) at Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960, six world records including first sub-18-minute 1500 m, later Penn coach.
George Brent
George Brent (George Brendan Nolan, 1904–1979), Irish-born Hollywood leading man at Warner Brothers (1930–53), frequent partner of Bette Davis in films like Dark Victory and Jezebel; birth details disputed.
George Brett
George Howard Brett, born 1953, is a former American baseball player who played 21 seasons for the Kansas City Royals, won the 1980 AL MVP, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999.
George Bretz
George Henry Bretz (1880-1956), Canadian lacrosse player from Blenheim, Ontario; won Olympic gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks in men's lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Games, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2.
George Brown (Canadian politician)
George Brown (1818–1880), Scottish-born Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation, founded the Toronto Globe in 1844, led the Clear Grits, joined the 1864 Great Coalition, and served in the Senate from 1873.
George Brown Goode
George Brown Goode (1851–1896) was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator who served as Smithsonian assistant secretary in charge of the U.S. National Museum from 1887 until his death.
George Brown Polytechnic
George Brown Polytechnic, formerly George Brown College, is a publicly funded polytechnic in Toronto, Ontario, founded in 1967 and renamed in 2025 with about 30,000 full-time students across three campuses.
George Broze
George J. Broze was an American hematologist and professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, known for discovering tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI).
George Bruening
George Emil Bruening (1938–2023) was an American plant pathologist and molecular virologist at UC Davis, known for work on plant resistance to viral diseases and Pierce's disease of grapevines.
George Bryan (golfer)
George Bryan IV (born 1988) is an American professional golfer and co-founder of the Bryan Bros Golf YouTube channel with brother Wesley; a three-time South Carolina All-American, he debuted on the PGA Tour at the 2023 Bermuda Championship and reached 2026 Open Final Qualifying.
George Büchi
George Büchi (1921–1998) was a Swiss-born organic chemist who spent his career at MIT and is known for the Paternò–Büchi reaction and natural product synthesis.
George Burns
George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), American comedian and actor; half of the Burns and Allen duo with wife Gracie Allen; won the 1976 Oscar for The Sunshine Boys and played God in Oh, God!; died at 100.
George Burton Hunter
George Burton Hunter (1845–1937) was an English shipbuilder who co-founded Swan Hunter at Wallsend on the River Tyne, whose yard built the Mauretania and Carpathia.
George Busbee
George Dekle Busbee (1927-2004), Democratic 77th governor of Georgia 1975-1983, first to serve two consecutive four-year terms; established statewide kindergarten, new constitution, fiscal conservative, later King & Spalding partner.
George Bush Center for Intelligence
The George Bush Center for Intelligence, also called CIA headquarters or Langley, is the CIA's campus in Langley, Virginia, home since 1961 and renamed for George H. W. Bush by Congress in 1998, dedicated April 26, 1999.